by Conrad MacIntyre
By Conrad MacIntyre
Free, but it requires a Microsoft account, and only allows viewing (which iOS already does, without a Microsoft account). And if you want "basic editing" it'll cost $4/month. Or, if you want more advanced editing you can just buy the whole iWork suite for $30 in the App Store. This sounds like the stupidest thing ever. How did it possibly take Microsoft 4 years to come out with this?
(via The Verge)
Microsoft Office 2011 looks awful on the new MacBook Pro?s Retina display. But unfortunately for its customers, it seems Microsoft has no plans to add high-resolution graphics.
Microsoft’s Office 2011 is now described as “ready for Mountain Lion” but it does not integrate Mountain Lion features, in fact the software doesn’t yet integrate features like Versions and Auto Save that became available a year ago when Lion launched
If you want auto-save or versioning (which are awesome - I use them in Pages all the time) you're out of luck. But there's a simple 14-Step Process to semi-enable retina-ish graphics in the rest of the suite. Seems to have mixed results based on the comments at Cult of Mac.
The great news for Word fans is there’s a really easy work around that will force your Microsoft Word app to use your MacBook Pro’s Retina display, which makes the app look a lot better.
Just a quick 14-step process to make Word look like it belong on a Retina Display Mac. Office is Microsoft's cash cow, yet they won't update it for Retina MacBooks (more of which are expected in the future), and it's still not available on iPhone/iPad. I switched to iWork - and I love it.
BGR reports that Microsoft Office for iPad is launching in November.
I'm sure the masses will be delighted if this turns out to be true. But if this is the case then Microsoft is basically admitting defeat in the tablet space. Office as an exclusive for Windows could be their killer app. And they're giving it away. It'll be interesting to watch, however.